,  (Baker)
Janet Baker (contralto)





Soprano - Agnes Giebel, bass [No. 10] - Franz Crass. BBC Chorus (Chorus Master - Peter Gellhorn). Recorded: October 18-20, 1967, London.
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Richard Lewis - Gerontius, The Soul of Gerontius; Janet Baker - The Angel; Kim Borg - The Priest, The Angel of the Agony. Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & Hallé Choir (Eric Chadwick - choir master). Ambrosian Singers (John McCarthy - choir master). Recorded: December 27-30, 1964, Manchester.
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In Italian. Ariodante - Janet Baker, Ginevre - Edith Mathis, Dalinda - Norma Burrowes, Polinesso - James Bowman, Lurcanio - David Rendall, Il Re di Scozia - Samuel Ramey, Odoardo - Alexander Oliver. London Voices. Recorded: December 1978, London.
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Stuart Burrows - Tito; Janet Baker - Vitellia; Lucia Popp - Servilia; Yvonne Minton - Sesto; Frederica von Stade - Annio; Robert Lloyd - Publio. Recorded: July 1976, London.
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FAUST - Nicolai Gedda, MÈPHISTOPHELÈS - Gabriel Bacquier, MARGUERTE - Janet Baker, BRANDER - Pierre Thau, UNA VOIX - Maria Peronne. Choeurs de L`Opera de Paris. Recorded: October 1969, Paris.
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Lucretia - Janet Baker, Male Chorus - Peter Pears, Female Chorus - Heather Harper, Tarquinius - Benjamin Luxon, Collantius - John Shirley-Quirk, Junius - Bryan Drake, Lucia - Jenny Hill, Bianca - Elizabeth Bainbridge. July 1970.
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Elly AMELING - soprano; Janet BAKER - alto; Robert TEAR - tenor; Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU - bass / King`s College Choir, Cambridge / Academy of st.Martin in the Fields / con. Philip LEDGER / 1976, King`s College Chapel, Cambridge
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Dame Janet Baker (Dido); Norma Burrowes (Belinda); Felicity Lott (2 Woman); Peter Pears (Aeneas); Anna Reynolds (Sorceress); Felicity Palmer (1 Witch); Alfreda Hodgson (2 Witch); Robert Tear (1 Sailor). London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra. December 1975, London.
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`But death, alas!... When I am laid in earth... With drooping wings`. October 1961, London.
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¹ 1 Frage (Voss), ¹ 6 Scheidend (Voss), ¹ 8 Frühlingsglaube (Uhland). Recorded XII.1980, London. EMI.
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1) `Che faro senza Euridice?` 2) `Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol`. April 1975, London.
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Elizabeth Vaughan (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / Choir of King`s College, Cambridge / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / con. David Willcocks / 1966
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Heather Harper - soprano, Thomas Hensley - baritone. Recorded: 1968, 14 June, Live at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh Festival.
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Fiordiligi - Montserrat Caballe, Dorabella - Janet Baker, Guglielmo - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Ferrando - Nicolai Gedda, Despina - Ileana Cotrubas, Don Alfonso - Richard van Allan. May 1974, London.
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¹ 8 Hexenlied (Hölty), ¹ 11 Im Grünen (Voss). Recorded: XII.1980. London.
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Cantata BWV 34: ¹ 3. Aria `Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen`. Recorded: October 1975, London.
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Elly AMELING - soprano; Janet BAKER - alto; Robert TEAR - tenor; Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU - bass / King`s College Choir, Cambridge / Academy of st.Martin in the Fields / con. Philip LEDGER / 1976, King`s College Chapel, Cambridge
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Owen Wingrave - Benjamin Luxon, Spencer Coyle - John Shirley-Quirk, Lechmere - Nigel Douglas, Miss Wingrave - Sylvia Fisher, Mrs. Coyle - Heather Harper, Mrs. Julien - Jennifer Vyvyan, Kate - Janet Baker, General Sir Philip Wingrave - Peter Pears. Narrator - Peter Pears. December 1970.
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The Baroque Opera Orchestra. Admetus - Maureen Lehane, Antigona - Sheila Armstrong, Alcestis - Janet Baker, Hercules - John Kitchiner, Thrasymedes - Margaret Lensky, Orindo - Jean Temperley, Meraspes - Norman Welsby, Oracle of Apollo - Norman Welsby. Recorded: May 1968, UK.
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Anne Pashley - soprano II, Thomas Hemsley, Don Garrard - basses. New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus. Recorded at All Saint`s Church, Tooting, London (England), May 1968.
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¹ 2 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Heine), ¹ 6 Reiselied (Heine). Recorded: XII.1980. London.
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Béatrice - Janet Baker, Bénédict - Robert Tear, Don Pedro - Robert Lloyd, Leonato - Richard Van Allan, Héro - Christiane Eda-Pierre, Ursule - Helen Watts, Claudio - Thomas Allen, Somarone - Jules Bastin. Recorded in 1977.
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Elly AMELING - soprano; Janet BAKER - alto; Robert TEAR - tenor; Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU - bass / King`s College Choir, Cambridge / Academy of st.Martin in the Fields / con. Philip LEDGER / 1976, King`s College Chapel, Cambridge
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`Lazarus`, D. 689 - Aria `So schlummert auf Rosen`. December 1976, London.
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`Intorno all`idol mio` (`Gentle winds are blowing over my beloved`). James Tyler - lute. Recording - January 1978, London. Arr. - Simon Preston.
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Ave Maria; Stabat Mater; Laudi Alla Vergine Maria; Te Deum. Philharmonia Chorus. Chorus-Master - Wilhelm Pitz. 1962.
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Aricie - Angela Hickey, Hippolyte - Robert Tear, La Grande Pretresse de Diana - Sylvia Rhys-Thomas, Phedre - Janet Baker, Oenone - Patricia Blans, Diane - Rae Woodland, Areas - Edgar Fleet, Thesee - John Shirley-Quirk, Tisiphone - Gerald English, Pluton - Roger Stalman, Trio des Parques - John Whitworth , Keith Erwen, John Noble, Mercure - Nigel Rogers, Pretresse/Chasseresse - Jill Gomez, Neptune - Christopher Keyte. Thurston Dart - harpsichord. The St Anthony Singers. July 1965, London.
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Rodelinda - Joan Sutherland, Eduige - Janet Baker, Bertarido - Margreta Elkins, Unolfo - Patricia Kern, Grimoaldo - Alfred Hallet, Garibaldo - Raimund Herincx. Orchestra - Philomusica of London. Chorus - Chandos Choir. 24.06.1959.
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Elly AMELING - soprano; Janet BAKER - alto; Robert TEAR - tenor; Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU - bass / King`s College Choir, Cambridge / Academy of st.Martin in the Fields / con. Philip LEDGER / 1976, King`s College Chapel, Cambridge
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Alexander Young. Chorus Of Danish Radio - Svend S. Schultz. Recording Venue: 18th March 1968, live in Radio House Concert Hall, Copenhagen.
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`Nel cor più non mi sento` (from `Arie Antiche` by Parisotti (vol. I, ¹ 28)). Recorded: January 1978, London. Arr. - Simon Preston.
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Il mio bel foco (Quella Fiamma che m`accende), for cantata for soprano, 2 violins, 2 oboes & continuo, SF. 142 (spurious). Recorded: July 4, 1983, Cheltenham, UK.
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Marie - Janet Baker, Joseph - Thomas Allen, Récitant - Eric Tappy, Hérode - Jules Bastin, Père de famille - Joseph Rouleau, Centurion - Philip Langridge, Polydorus - Raimund Henricx. Chorus master - John Alldis. Recorded: October 1976, London.
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Martin Isepp - harpsichord, Ambrose Gauntlett - violà da gamba. Recorded: February 9-11, 1967, London.
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¹ 2 Herbstlied (Klingemann). XII.1980. London. EMI.
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Two ariettas: `Hin und wieder fliegen die Pfeile` (¹ 3) & `Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen` (¹ 6). Recorded: August 1970, London.
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¹ 2 Morgengruss (Heine), ¹ 5 Der Blumenstrauss (Klingemann). Recorded: XII.1980. London.
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Scottish Opera - Glasgow - 24 November 1977 - Helga Dernesch, Janet Baker, Nan Christie, Kenneth Woollam, Malcolm Donnelly, George Sandison, John Winfield, David Fieldsend, Norman White, John Robertson, Marie Slorach, Claire Firestone, Patricia Craig, James Petersen
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Live - 1972 - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London - In English - Jon Vickers (Enee), Janet Baker (Didon), Josephine Veasey (Cassandre), Richard van Allan (Panthee), Stafford Dean (Narbal), Francis Egerton (Iopas), Derek Blackwell (Hylas) - Chorus of the Royal Opera
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Richard Lewis - tenor. Bach Choir` Choristers of Westminster Abbey master of the choristers Douglas Guest. Sir Philip Ledger - organ. 1965.
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¹ 2 Die Sterne schau`n in stiller Nacht (Schlippenbach), ¹ 6 Es weiss und rät es doch Keiner (Eichendorff). XII.1980. London. EMI.
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1966 - Excerpts: No.1 `Von ewiger liebe` and No.2 `Die Mainacht`
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November 12, 17, 27 and 30, 1976 (combined recording from 4 performances). Covent Garden Theatre Choir and Orchestra. Conductor – Lawrence Foster Cressida, daughter of Calchas – Janet Baker, Troilus, Trojan Prince, son of Priam–Richard Cassilly, Pandarus, brother of Calchas – Gerald English, Calchas, priest of Athena – Richard Van Allan, Diomedes, Prince of Calydonia and Argos – Benjamin Luxon, Evadne, servant of Cressida– Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorast, friend of Pandarus– Robert Lloyd, Anteno
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